Therapy There is no proper therapy for growth pain. It is only important that the children do not get into the habit of adopting the wrong postures. Through physiotherapy or cold or warm compresses one can try to relieve the growth pains and prevent them. Coxitis fugax can be cured primarily by resting. The hip … Therapy | Hip pain in the child
Prognosis The prognosis for most diseases of hip pain in children is very good. Growth pains and hip rhinitis disappear spontaneously. In the case of perthes disease and epiphyseolysis capitis femoris, success can also be expected if the disease is diagnosed in good time and treated correctly. All articles in this series: Hip pain in … Prognosis | Hip pain in the child
The structure of the hip is not different in adults than in children; the only difference is that in smaller children the hip is not yet completely grown together. The acetabulum generally consists of 3 different bone parts (os ischium, os ilium and os pubis). Small children have open growth joints, namely exactly where these … Hip pain in the child
Symptoms and typical age of the disease Depending on the clinical picture, a distinction is made between typical pain in children. The age at which the children fall ill also plays an important role. With growth pains, the pain typically occurs at night. The children then have slight pain for several days, but this then … Symptoms and typical age of the disease | Hip pain in the child
Synonyms Juvenile epiphyseal solution, juvenile epiphysiolysis, epiphyseal solution, epiphyseolysis, epiphyseolysis Definition Epiphyseolysis capitis femoris is the detachment and sliding or tilting of the head of the femoral neck in the growth plate from the femoral neck. This clinical picture occurs during puberty and is seldom acute, but can last for weeks or months. Age This … Epiphysiolysis capitis femoris (ECF)
Clinic As a rule, adolescent patients complain of knee pain, usually in the area of the knee joint or the front of the thigh. Since this pain is often indistinguishable from other knee pain, it often takes some time and the epipysiolysis capitis femoris remains undetected at first. In the more advanced stages, it is … Clinic | Epiphysiolysis capitis femoris (ECF)
Prognosis It is important for the prognosis in the case of epiphysliolysis capitis femoris that the disease has been diagnosed and treated early. In case of an early diagnosis with appropriate surgical correction without further malpositioning, the prognosis is good and healing is therefore possible. However, if healing occurs in a malposition, there is usually … Prognosis | Epiphysiolysis capitis femoris (ECF)
